While on the face of it it was not a great weekend for Bristol City with the Robins defeated on Friday night and suffering a second successive defeat, the Championship lived up to its billing.

It may have become somewhat cliched but the English second tier remains gloriously unpredictable.

Predictably unpredictable even, as Birmingham notched a first win of the season at Marcelo Bielsa's high-flying Leeds United.

The Leeds fans' high spirits and optimism for the season will be just that little bit less after Che Adams' double strike condemned the side from Elland Road to a first loss of the season and reflect the side's good start to last season that was halted around this time last year.

Of course, the Whites slipped down the table from that point on but there might be something different about Bielsa' 2018-19 vintage who have the highest goal difference in the league but are just three points away from being outside the top six in the league, such is the closeness of the Championship.

Yes, it's early days and we're not yet at the end of the first quarter, but already some themses are emerging: such as the steadfast of tony Pulis' Middlesbrough defence who kept a seventh clean sheet of the season on Saturday in drawing 0-0 against Swansea.

Graham Potter will have been delighted to take something from the Riverside Stadium, with Pulis' side matching Leeds at the top of the league with 18 points.

Positive signs for those top two then, but not so much at Villa Park where the home supporters witnessed what will surely be one of the goals of the season after John McGinn hammered a physics-defying volley into the top corner to equalise for Sheffield Wednesday.

But the Owls went on to win 1-2 and Villa ended the game to a few shouts for Steve Bruce to leave.

Steve Bruce

Bristol City could pile on the pressure if they can see off the Midlanders at Ashton Gate on Friday.

While Jack Grealish, Tommy Elphick, James Chester and co will be fighting hard to avoid that scenario it will be interesting to see four old Robins returning to BS3 to likely face two former Villans.

Tammy Abraham, Albert Adomah, Jonathan Kodjia and Yannick Bolasie will be back to their old Robins stomping ground while Andreas Weimann and Nathan Baker may have a point to prove against their former team.

But it's not just Bruce under pressure. While Garry Monk found the release valve with a good result for the Blues, Gary Rowett is increasingly peering into the barrell.